Candys Candy

Candy Candy (キャンディ・キャンディ, Kyandi Kyandi) is a Japanese anime created by Japanese writer Keiko Nagita under the pen name Kyoko Mizuki. It was published as a manga in April 1975 written by Mizuki and illustrated by Yumiko Igarashi, a collaboration which was put together by the Japanese magazine Nakayoshi that was interested in recreating a "masterpiece" manga in the same vein as Heidi, Anne of Green Gables, among others. The manga series ran for four years, and won the 1st Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo in 1977.